Hi! I'm Nic and this is my first fanfic (hey that rhymes). This is set after Bad Batch Arc. It probably will evolve into some sort of Rexsoka something… but right now I'm starting at the beginning. Sorry, my beginnings are kind of boring, but it will get better! Just read it. Enjoy!

Rex stared out of the ship windshield at the stars zooming by as they traveled through lightspeed. He sighed as he thought about the days when he would be watching them with his brothers, on their way to a battle. But that would never happen again. After he was overheard telling Echo about the plot Fives had talked about, he had been relieved of duty and exiled from the Republic. But at least he had Echo with him.

"Where exactly are we going?" Echo asked.

"To Saleucami," Rex replied.

"Saleucami? Why there?"

"There's another clone out there, named Cut. He lives on a farm with his wife and kids. He left the army after the battle of Geonosis. I was thinking of asking him what to do. He probably felt as lost as we do now."

"All right," Echo said. "Fine with me. It's good to have a place to start, at least."

Rex was silent for a while. He sat thinking about what would become of him and Echo. Would they ever see one of their friends again? Their situation seemed hopeless.

"Were coming out of hyperspace," Echo announced. "Prepare for landing."

The green planet of Saleucami loomed in the distance as they approached it. They quickly located Cut's farm and touched down.

Rex and Echo stepped off the ship. Cut's Twi'lek wife, Suu, approached their shuttle.

"Who are you?" She asked. "More clones? Is the war finally coming here?"

"No, Suu. It's me, Rex," he said as he removed his helmet.

Suu smiled. "Cut! Rex is back!" she yelled into their house.

Moments later, the clone emerged from the house. "Rex. What brings you here?"

"We'd better go inside," Rex told him. "We have a lot to talk about."

Once they were inside, Rex, Echo, Suu, and Cut sat around their table. Suddenly, Cut and Suu's son, Jek, dashed into the room from the upstairs level.

"Rex? Is that you?" he said.

"Yup. Its me," Rex replied. "You'd better go upstairs for now."

"Awww!" Jek whined.

"Jek. Go," Suu commanded sternly. After a few more seconds, Jek complied.

"So. What's going on?" Cut asked. "And who's your… friend… here?"

"Oh. This is Echo. We've been… exiled from the Republic. We were over heard talking about something we weren't supposed to…" Rex launched into the story.

After he was done, Rex asked, *What did you do, Cut? We're completely lost."

"Well… I just did what my heart told me to do. I guess one of your Jedi would say I was following the guidance of the Force. It's… hard to describe. But somehow I ended up here."

Rex lost much of his hope then. He was no Jedi. He didn't know anything about the Force, and as for following his heart, he was a soldier, bred to fight. He didn't have much of a heart. He and Echo were completely lost. Rex put his head in his hands. What were they going to do now?


Meanwhile, far away on a distant planet, Ahsoka Tano sensed something different in the Force. It was someone she cared about… one of her friends…

Rex!

Ahsoka didn't know exactly what had happened to Captain Rex, but she sensed he needed guidance. She could send out her feelings through the Force… she'd never done it before, but she could try.

Ahsoka concentrated hard.

Rex… I'm out here… Rex… hear me…


Echo watched as Rex put his head in his hands in hopelessness.

Well that's it, he thought. We're doomed. If Captain Rex could not think of an idea, there was no way Echo could.

Suddenly, Rex sat up straight. His eyes widened. With his next words, hope returned to the pair of clone troopers:

"Echo. I know where we need to go."

Cliffhanger! Sorry but I like writing stuff with lots of cliffhangers. Next chapter coming soon (hopefully)! Please leave a review! Thanks for reading. :)